Railway-passenger-car construction.



B. R. HARRINGTON.

RAILWAY PASSENGER GAR CONSTRUCTION.

APPLIOATIOR mum MAR. so, 1900.

902,855. Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

2 BHBETSBHBBT 1.

Minesses In rm far:

E. R. GARRINGTON. RAILWAY PASSENGER GAB CONSTRUCTION.

nruunmn FILED 11.30. 1900.

902,855. 2' a Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Witnesses In 11m tor.

ELMOR RANDOLPH CARRINGTON, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

RAILWAY-PLBSENGEB-OAR CONSTRUCTION.

Bpeoifleation of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

Application filed larch 80, 1008. Serial No. 424,206.

The invention consists essentially in the novel arrangement and construction of arts whereby a front wall forms a support or a s eaking trumpet the latter extending into t e vestibule in proximity to the position occupied by the vehicle attendant The objects of the invention are to devise a simple and efficient means of conveying announcements made by the motor man in a street car to the passengers inside of the body of the car, particularly such as the name of each cross street as the car approaches it, to provide a construction in such means that will be convenient. to the motor man and whereby the conveyance of the sound of his voice will be much facilitated, and generally to substitute by the use of mechanical contrivances a new method-0f furnishinghfromtheoutside to the.

passengers of any ve icle information'in'distinct sounds that the car is nearing a stop or place of interest.

In the drawings, Figure l isan interior view of streetcar of modern design, in perspeotive, showing the sound conveyor projecting through a transom wall. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the front end of a car showing the side of the vestibule partially broken away to disclose the arrangement of .the' sound conveyor.

Fig. 3 1s a longitudinal sectional View of thesound conveyor apart from the car. 4 is a sectional view of the vertical'portion of the sound conveyor.

Like numeralsof reference indicate corresponding parts .in each figure.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the car body, 2 the front vestibule and 3 the partition or front side of the body dividing said vestibule from the interior of said body.

4 is a transom partition surmounting' the partition 3 and having a hole '5 therethrough,

ere shown as in the center, though the said hole may be in any suitable place in said transom partition or throu h the partition 3, in fact as long as the hoe furnishes communication between the front vestibule and the interior of the body of the car, it may be arranged in an likely .placethat will not interfere Inateria ly with the car structure.

6 is a hood forming a continuation of the upper portion of the main roof of the car extending forwardly on to and joining the vestibule roof 7.

8 is a horn here shown as a well known type of speaking trumpet, though it may be made in any shape ofiering special facilities for the conveyance of sound, the born 8 projects through the hole 5, at its large and flaring end, and extends forwardly convergin" to the narrow neck 9 leading through the hole 10 in the ceiling 11 of the vestibule, so that the said horn is contained within the hooded portion of said vestibule.

12 is a tube vertically and telescopically arranged at 13 on the downwardly pro ecting end 0 rangement may be entirely in the tube 12 or in any other manner.

14 is a sound box joined to the lower end of the tube 12 and communicatin therewith having the aperture 15, into which-the car attendant speaks, so that the voice resonates in said box and is carried through the tube 12, the narrow neck 9 and the main horn 8,. sounding forth from the flaring end of said hominto the interior of the car What I claim as my invention is:

In railway passenger car mnstruction, a body portion, a front vestibule rigidly cured to-said bod a wall so are-ting the In terior of said he portion roin said front vestibule, said w having an opening there through adiacent'to the to thereof. a (r-fling in said vestibule having a mic thm'vlhrough,

a funnel-shaped speaking trumpet having its flaring bell adjacent to the extremity abutthe neck 9. The said telescopic arcing said wall at said opening and its narrow Signed at the city and district of Montreal,

neck and extending throu h said ceiling hole, 1n the Province of Quebec, in the Dominion and a vertically adjusta 1e resonating box of Canada, this 11th dqy of March, 1908.

depending frpm said ceiling and communicat- EIJMOR RANDOLPH OARRING'ION. ing with said narrow neck anil hav ng a Witnesses: mouth. piece facing in the same direction as HARRY DAVIB,

said la-ring bell. G. H. TR'ESIDDER. 

